Abstract

On 3rd and 4th October 2007, several fishes of
the species Odonus niger (locally known as
Karuppu Klaathi ) were washed ashore along the
coast for a stretch of nearly 4 km from Dhanuskodi
check post to Arichumunai. On an average, 60 fishes
were found lying in every 15 m of the stretch.